IUCN Status: Near Threatened
EPBC Threat Rating: Very high
IUCN Claim: “The introduction of the predatory Red Fox and feral cats has had a profound impact and continues to be a major threat today (Friend 2008).’”
Cats were among predators of reintroduced numbats (Friend & Thomas 1994).Numbats were last confirmed in NSW 25 years after cats arrived (Wallach et al. 202X).
No studies
There are no studies linking cats to numbat populations.
Abbott, The spread of the cat, Felis catus, in Australia: re-examination of the current conceptual model with additional information. Conservation Science Western Australia 7 (2008).
Friend, J. A., and N. D. Thomas. “Reintroduction and the numbat recovery programme.” Reintroduction Biology of Australian and New Zealand Fauna’.(Ed. M. Serena.) pp (1994): 189-198.
Wallach et al. 2023 In Submission